Sub-underground music from the last five or so decades

The Young Marble Giants have had little live experience. Apart from their occasional Cardiff gigs, four in London is their sum total. Onstage, they’re extremely static and a little po-faced. Alison sings with her hands in her pockets while the Moxham brothers loom gauntly on either side of her, each with a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth.

The effect is a cross between the casual and the terrified.

“We don’t move because we’re so scared,” explains Alison.

Stuart embellishes a little. “As well as that, it isn’t particularly dance music, it is minimal. I think we’re quite English in a way, very restrained.

“But some of our songs, like "Choci Loni,” are quite funny, and people don’t seem to realise—"

“It’s probably the way I sing them,” mutters Alison.

“— but if they’d all stand around and laugh, we’d be delighted.” concludes Stuart.